David R. Froemming

Salvation Story

A Biblical Commentary on Human Violence and Godly Peace

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Salvation Story responds to Douglas John Hall's claim that the world is waiting for gospel. Humanity needs a clearer understanding that the gospel has come to redeem. The work of Rene Girard, an anthropologist, demonstrates that our human culture is founded on the concealing of its own violence in religious myths and symbols. Girard had hoped to enter into dialogue with Richard Dawkins, whose expertise is evolution, but this encounter never happened. Dawkins observed how evolution is blind, not unlike the blindness created by human myth and religion. Bringing together the work of Girard and Dawkins provides a lens for reading scripture. Salva… Mehr

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Produktdetails

ISBN: 978-1-5326-0969-5
EAN: 9781532609695
Produktnummer: 30235298
Verlag: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2016
Seitenangabe: 152 S.
Plattform: EPUB
Masse: 2'109 KB

Über den Autor

David R. Froemming serves as a pastor in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. Previously he served as a Director of Religious Education in the Catholic Diocese of Madison, WI, and Archdiocese of Milwaukee, WI. He holds a Bachelor's in Religious Studies from Marian University of Fond du Lac, WI, a Masters in Religious Studies from Edgewood College, Madison, WI, and an MDiv degree from Wartburg Theological Seminary, Dubuque, IA.